Awards and History
Great journalism gets results. And recognition.
Thousands of newspaper stories are written every day. Hundreds are entered in the Pulitzer Prize competition every year. Only 14 Journalism awards are given. The Oregonian won its first Pulitzer for Editorial Writing in 1939, and won a second for Local Reporting in 1957. Since 1999, The Oregonian has won five Pulitzer Prizes, the most recent for Breaking News Reporting in 2007.
We're proud of our news team for winning our fifth Pulitzer Prize in the last eight years - more than any other newspaper our size. In fact, we've won more Pulitzers than newspapers serving cities twice our size, papers with more staff and resources. We've had nine other Pulitzer finalists since 1993. It's rewarding to receive such recognition. We're even prouder of the results our editorials achieve.
The History of the Pulitzer Prizes.
Joseph Pulitzer, the legendary Hungarian-born newspaper publisher who embodied the crusading spirit of American journalism, endowed the Pulitzer Prizes. In his 1904 will, he provided for the establishment of the Pulitzer Prizes as an incentive to excellence. The first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in 1917, and today awards are given each year in 21 categories in the arts and journalism.
